Guess you can't read.

I guess you need to guess again

"I know this isn't a nice thing to say, but I'll wee my pants if he kops a season-ending injury on debut."

Is self explanatory despite your back peddling.

I can only assume you're either a moron or deliberately choosing to ignore my admission of lack of clarity in order to enjoy your faux and unnecessary outrage (call it back-peddling if you prefer; it was genuine).

Just for you:

But you still have not explained it and it seems that you will still get some satisfaction if he gets a season ending injury

Don't you bloody start.



Ok then, for the oversensitive knee-jerkers on here: no I don't wish injury on anyone, and I won't find any injury to Willie Mason funny or gain any satisfaction from it. Is that clear? Feck me.

However, if it did happen [size=80(did I mention I don't hope it will?)[/size, I would find it funny that we've had to listen to and read over 6 months of hype, speculation, big talk and rumour over Willie's arrival and what he's gonna do to who, and that would all be wasted effort.

But then you knew that really, didn't you.

OK. Point taken.

You won't find it funny if a player gets a season ending injury.
Nor will you find it funny if a player's season is prematurely ended (by an injury)
You'll simply find it funny that all the hype comes to nothing (due to a player sustaining a season ending injury).

You can't say fairer than that, can you?

Remove one little bit and that's spot on.

Personally, I'm looking forward to him coming up against Huddersfield (and Warrington's) big men, though if he's not passed a ball in a few months as he said I wonder how his fitness is?

He certainly looks in good shape. He claims to have been training more as an athlete than a player and doesn't think the long lay off will be much of an issue once he regains match fitness. I think any genuine rugby league fan will be looking forward to seeing the likes of Crabtree and Morley go up against Mason.

You can train as long and hard as you like but it's very difficult to replicate match fitness, it'll take him a few games to get upto speed.

If he has come for the right reasons, knuckles down and concentrates on rugby, he will be as good a forward as there is in SL. If, on the other hand he decides to go looking for confrontations (which isn't out of the question judging by his comment so far), he will be more trouble then he's worth. IMO there are plenty of players willing and capable of giving him a fight, but few can match his attributes as a RL forward - depends on which he decides is most important to him.

I don't see him going looking for confrontation, what was his disciplinary record like in oz? He will no doubt attract a lot of attention from the oppo players and this should create a lot pens and a lot of space for the rest of the team.

I agree tho' we wont see the best of him for a couple of weeks yet.

Think it will take 5/6/7 games before we see him at his best.

so up to 11 games into a 27 game regular season.....money well spent

Oh right, is he only here for one season?

One thing is for sure 46 pages on just one player really shows how much of a draw the guy is going to be. I've had fans of other clubs claiming they are going to come over for his debut game! He might put bums on seats at other grounds too which is surely a good thing for everybody.

He's the reason I live, couldn't imagine life without him.

Has had a cracking first 20mins for Rovers. Not bad for a 6month lay off!

Jesus....you have got good eye-sight.

the joys of Radio Humberside!

you can see with radio now WOW

[size=2008,602. [/size The first match at home against The French was [size=200 8,092[/size

Lets hope he puts some bums on seats away. because it does not look like he has put many on the gate.

Add that to the cancelled welcome dinner

and the pay to view training also cancelled

Only the 500 eh?

They'd best get on with that ground extension ASAP.

If you are going to try and be smart Ian at least do it properly.
Last season against crusaders it was 7,273 so it is an actual increase of 1329.
Nice try though.

So how did ' Lurch ' do then